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Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #7
Winter Turning
The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series continue to set the world on fire!
Daring mission... or deadly mistake?
Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her.
Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll have to face the greatest threat of his own family.
The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in the seventh graphic novel adaptation, with art by Mike Holmes.
Daring mission... or deadly mistake?
Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her.
Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll have to face the greatest threat of his own family.
The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in the seventh graphic novel adaptation, with art by Mike Holmes.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 26, 2023
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Tui T. Sutherland
202 books6,335 followersOkay, I know what you’re thinking. Tui? What kind of name is that? Is it short for something?
Nope. Among the many great things to come out of New Zealand (the Lord of the Rings movies, cats that paint, my mom) is a bird called the tui—not as well known as the kiwi, but a heck of a lot noisier!
I was born July 31 (same birthday as Harry Potter!) in Caracas, Venezuela, and lived in Asuncion, Paraguay; Miami, Florida; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before moving to New Jersey in high school, where I started doing theatre—mostly backstage work, because (a) it was fun, and (b) you got to hang out in the dark with cute boys. (Er, I mean . . . because it was artistically fulfilling, yes.)
I graduated from Williams College in ’98 and I currently live in Boston with my husband, my perfect new baby, and my adorable yoodle Sunshine (what’s a yoodle? A puppy that’s three-quarters poodle and one-quarter Yorkshire terrier, of course!).
Much to my parents’ relief, I abandoned my theatrical aspirations after college for the far more stable and lucrative career of fiction writing.
My first two official books were beginning readers, part of Grosset & Dunlap’s “First Friends” series for kids learning to read. MEET MO AND ELLA is tough to find now, but FUN WITH MO AND ELLA should still be out there somewhere.
My first novel for teenagers was THIS MUST BE LOVE, which retells Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a modern-day high school, from the POV of the two heroines, Hermia and Helena.
And now I'm writing in a new project called SEEKERS! It's a children's book series that I'm writing with Erin Hunter. Check out my blog to find out more!
Nope. Among the many great things to come out of New Zealand (the Lord of the Rings movies, cats that paint, my mom) is a bird called the tui—not as well known as the kiwi, but a heck of a lot noisier!
I was born July 31 (same birthday as Harry Potter!) in Caracas, Venezuela, and lived in Asuncion, Paraguay; Miami, Florida; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before moving to New Jersey in high school, where I started doing theatre—mostly backstage work, because (a) it was fun, and (b) you got to hang out in the dark with cute boys. (Er, I mean . . . because it was artistically fulfilling, yes.)
I graduated from Williams College in ’98 and I currently live in Boston with my husband, my perfect new baby, and my adorable yoodle Sunshine (what’s a yoodle? A puppy that’s three-quarters poodle and one-quarter Yorkshire terrier, of course!).
Much to my parents’ relief, I abandoned my theatrical aspirations after college for the far more stable and lucrative career of fiction writing.
My first two official books were beginning readers, part of Grosset & Dunlap’s “First Friends” series for kids learning to read. MEET MO AND ELLA is tough to find now, but FUN WITH MO AND ELLA should still be out there somewhere.
My first novel for teenagers was THIS MUST BE LOVE, which retells Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a modern-day high school, from the POV of the two heroines, Hermia and Helena.
And now I'm writing in a new project called SEEKERS! It's a children's book series that I'm writing with Erin Hunter. Check out my blog to find out more!
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April 2, 2023
Winter is the best protagonist. Winter Turning is the best book. And Winterwatcher is the best shipping. And the graphic novels are better than the books.
Long story short, this ought to be a shining (get it, ice?) collection to the series.
Long story short, this ought to be a shining (get it, ice?) collection to the series.
December 27, 2023
I hope this series never finishes, I’m just too attached to it. Winter lowkey reminded me of the inverse version of President Snow, he grew up so much throughout this novel. I cannot really compare the graphic novel to the original book since I read the book literally many years ago, but it does feel very true to the whole saga. I hope Tui releases more of these books and I can’t wait for the rest of the graphic novels.
December 31, 2025
Solid four stars. It’s a graphic novel based on a stellar middle-grade fantasy series. It really can’t be bad.
However, I did have a couple art-related issues with it. As per usual, the faces of the dragons are TINY. This has bothered me from the first book, but I think it’s clear now it won’t be resolved. Now it’s basically an obligatory mention for all of these. Aside from this, Sunny’s UNIQUE HYRBID COLORING is used on two other dragons in this book, one of whom is a pretty important character! Pyrite having the same colors as Sunny just felt lazy, even more so because she’s a SkyWing. On the topic of colors, I could not tell the IceWings apart. I really tried, but the only unique one was Lynx. Not even Winter looked different from all the others. They suffered from the dragon-version of same-face syndrome. . . But they all also had the same build, body color, eye color, details, etc.
Again, this is a WoF graphic novel and therefore the story could hold it well enough all on its own. . . But this one definitely had its artsy flaws that held it back from being one of the best ones.
EDIT: After rereading, I’m bumping this down to a high three stars. Compared to the other graphic novels, the IceWings having the exact same appearance is a huge problem, since they’re basically the only dragons in the third part. And Pyrite’s color irked me even more. WHY would you reuse Sunny’s color palette on another named character? It just feels so lazy.
I do still really like this book, though. It just wasn’t as good as some of the other graphic novels, in my opinion.
SERIES RATINGS:
The Dragonet Prophecy: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Lost Heir: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hidden Kingdom: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Dark Secret: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Brightest Night: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Moon Rising: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Winter Turning: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Escaping Peril: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Talons of Power: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Darkstalker: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
However, I did have a couple art-related issues with it. As per usual, the faces of the dragons are TINY. This has bothered me from the first book, but I think it’s clear now it won’t be resolved. Now it’s basically an obligatory mention for all of these. Aside from this, Sunny’s UNIQUE HYRBID COLORING is used on two other dragons in this book, one of whom is a pretty important character! Pyrite having the same colors as Sunny just felt lazy, even more so because she’s a SkyWing. On the topic of colors, I could not tell the IceWings apart. I really tried, but the only unique one was Lynx. Not even Winter looked different from all the others. They suffered from the dragon-version of same-face syndrome. . . But they all also had the same build, body color, eye color, details, etc.
Again, this is a WoF graphic novel and therefore the story could hold it well enough all on its own. . . But this one definitely had its artsy flaws that held it back from being one of the best ones.
EDIT: After rereading, I’m bumping this down to a high three stars. Compared to the other graphic novels, the IceWings having the exact same appearance is a huge problem, since they’re basically the only dragons in the third part. And Pyrite’s color irked me even more. WHY would you reuse Sunny’s color palette on another named character? It just feels so lazy.
I do still really like this book, though. It just wasn’t as good as some of the other graphic novels, in my opinion.
SERIES RATINGS:
The Dragonet Prophecy: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Lost Heir: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hidden Kingdom: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Dark Secret: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Brightest Night: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Moon Rising: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Winter Turning: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Escaping Peril: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Talons of Power: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Darkstalker: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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January 1, 2024
Reading this made me love Winter tbh, he's such a well-written and layered character and i loved seeing him struggle against everything he was taught and what he has learned. I don't think he should be with Moon though, he needs to work on himself first.
December 26, 2023
THEY ARE SUCH GREAT BOOKS
I LOVE THIS SERIES. I LOVE THE GRAPHIC NOVELS, TOO. I ONLY READ THE GRAPHIC NOVELS, BUT I LIKE IT!!!
I LOVE THIS SERIES. I LOVE THE GRAPHIC NOVELS, TOO. I ONLY READ THE GRAPHIC NOVELS, BUT I LIKE IT!!!
May 1, 2024
Awww last graphic novel but also yay another graphic novel
March 10, 2024
I don’t like Winter.
December 9, 2024
Always appreciate Winters character growth.
February 2, 2024
Not bad! It was cool to actually see what the IceWing kingdom looks like, since in the main series it was kinda hard to picture, and there weren’t a lot of pictures of it. Cool to see characters who we haven’t seen in graphic novel form yet like Lynx and Snowfall. Pyrite was amazing, still one of the best plot twists in the entire WOF series. Though I only gave it 4 stars mainly because there were a few errors, and I felt like it jumped around randomly without transitioning smoothly to the next scene. Also the regular novel Winter Turning isn’t my favourite of the bunch, so yeah. Other than that, a great graphic novel to read!
June 7, 2024
I’m not sure this graphic novel version is the best way to experience the story, but it’s a good way for an uncle to sample his niece’s enjoyment of the series.
December 10, 2025
this book is so good. i love winter
January 17, 2024
Sometimes you just gotta love haughty people being humbled; that their way of life, the principles they cling to so ardently, might not work for everyone, and the dawn of realization creep across their face is great character storytelling
So in the 2 Icewing centric books in this whole series, it's great to see them broken down as they realize what Heels they've been. And as Prince Winter was the focal character of the first of those books, we really got to see how much he changes over the progress of the story.
What makes the graphic novel so interesting is that you can really see the expressions convey the emotional roller coaster he's going through...even if there are no whites of his eyes and have been replaced with sapphire blue so it won't blend in with his white scales. One of the minor gripes I have tho is that occasionally a panel's got too many characters and too many text bubbles to follow so I barely know who's talking or thinking sometimes.
So in the 2 Icewing centric books in this whole series, it's great to see them broken down as they realize what Heels they've been. And as Prince Winter was the focal character of the first of those books, we really got to see how much he changes over the progress of the story.
What makes the graphic novel so interesting is that you can really see the expressions convey the emotional roller coaster he's going through...even if there are no whites of his eyes and have been replaced with sapphire blue so it won't blend in with his white scales. One of the minor gripes I have tho is that occasionally a panel's got too many characters and too many text bubbles to follow so I barely know who's talking or thinking sometimes.
January 1, 2024
I remember 2 years ago loving Wings of Fire Winter Turning. And I still love it now! So. Summary time!
Basically Winter and the dragonets snuck out of Jade Mountain and they are trying to find the lost city of night. So they go to the old Nightwing’s territory, the volcano, and they realize, “oh no, this isn’t the lost city of night” so they go back to the Rainforest, which was how they entered the volcano place. Then Winter’s like “I need to find Hailstorm still!” So then the rest of the story they want to find Hailstorm. My second to last book of 2023!
I have always loved the Wings of Fire series, but the graphic novels are a different story. Sorry Mike Holmes, but I can’t stand the art style! It was a little too, idk messy for me? Plus the font style, 😭 Anyways, this is good, but definitely can’t be read as a stand alone.
Basically Winter and the dragonets snuck out of Jade Mountain and they are trying to find the lost city of night. So they go to the old Nightwing’s territory, the volcano, and they realize, “oh no, this isn’t the lost city of night” so they go back to the Rainforest, which was how they entered the volcano place. Then Winter’s like “I need to find Hailstorm still!” So then the rest of the story they want to find Hailstorm. My second to last book of 2023!
I have always loved the Wings of Fire series, but the graphic novels are a different story. Sorry Mike Holmes, but I can’t stand the art style! It was a little too, idk messy for me? Plus the font style, 😭 Anyways, this is good, but definitely can’t be read as a stand alone.
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March 5, 2024
My oldest kids (10 and 9) have been into this series for a while now. My 10 year old handed this to me last night telling me he was too scared to finish reading it. Obviously I was intrigued enough to finally read one of these. To be honest, I couldn't tell which scene it was that made him abandon the book, but the novel was about what I expected. Lots of drama. I expected it to be funnier, but I suspect it wasn't as funny as others because this one is focused on Winter, who takes himself quite seriously.
Anyway, both the writing and art were underwhelming, but it wasn't the worst thing ever. I really liked the colors used for Glory.
Anyway, both the writing and art were underwhelming, but it wasn't the worst thing ever. I really liked the colors used for Glory.
January 5, 2025
Yet another amazing graphic novel adaptation of Wings of Fire. The art gets better every time, and the dragons are just so expressive and funny in this one!
Also, this is my exactly 100th, and final book of the year. A great way to end it, since the first book I read this year was Moon Rising's graphic novel adaptation!
Also, this is my exactly 100th, and final book of the year. A great way to end it, since the first book I read this year was Moon Rising's graphic novel adaptation!
December 21, 2024
im glad that the second arc of graphic novels are slowing down, which is what the first arc DESPERATELY needed. i would give four stars, but i really hate winter and i never liked this book in the first place so four stars.
March 29, 2025
It’s just.. ok. The original book got 4 stars at least. This book actually felt a LOT more paced than the previous. More slowed down.
I also get Winter’s characterization, but bro literally only things of the same three things: 1) ‘I like Moon but I’m not supposed to,’ 2) ‘I want to find Hailstorm,’ and 3) I’m a great IceWing prince.’ I get these are a focus for him and his character in this book, but good lord it was getting so repetitive - I don’t remember it being this insistent in the original book.
Also, the changing of his eye color to reflect more expression was a choice. I KNEW he had solid black eyes in the previous book, but now they’re magically blue with pupils to show more emotion? Is the same going to happen to Qibli?
My last con is that he’s hardly known Moon for, what? A week? Maybe two? I don’t remember exactly but he’s literally head-over-heels and he’s HARDLY talked to her one-on-one to be this infatuated. Whatever, kids book, yada yada.
I also get Winter’s characterization, but bro literally only things of the same three things: 1) ‘I like Moon but I’m not supposed to,’ 2) ‘I want to find Hailstorm,’ and 3) I’m a great IceWing prince.’ I get these are a focus for him and his character in this book, but good lord it was getting so repetitive - I don’t remember it being this insistent in the original book.
Also, the changing of his eye color to reflect more expression was a choice. I KNEW he had solid black eyes in the previous book, but now they’re magically blue with pupils to show more emotion? Is the same going to happen to Qibli?
My last con is that he’s hardly known Moon for, what? A week? Maybe two? I don’t remember exactly but he’s literally head-over-heels and he’s HARDLY talked to her one-on-one to be this infatuated. Whatever, kids book, yada yada.
February 14, 2025
Honestly, today was the last day in a bingo drawing for the library and I had one square to bingo and the category was a graphic novel, so I grabbed this one. It was weird, but I did pick it up mid series.
September 5, 2024
I absolutely adore this series. I love it because I can talk about this series to my students AND it's fun to read!
July 18, 2025
Amazing! Very excited to read book eight!
August 14, 2025
i HAAAATE winter's parents so much
July 24, 2025
I like the character development in this one.
June 23, 2024
Ok general art critique congrats Winter you now have pupils! Is it just me or did anyone else not really see Winters pupils in Moon Rising?
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February 1, 2024i really need to reread the actual second arc, because most of the amusement i got out of this was through memory of the full scenes. also i loveeee winter and qibli's dynamic but it's so out of focus here bc there's not enough space 3 also it was really hard to tell the icewings apart, which is understandable but did make it a little hard to follow at times
August 26, 2024
I loved this part and devoured it. I found it interesting to have a POV of a dragon previously thought of as hostile - but here we learn no one is just good or bad, everyone has some rational motivation behind what they do.
January 21, 2024
Winter, why are you such a jerk??? I love seeing the story come to life in color.
December 29, 2025
I loved it, and I just wouldn’t recommend it for readers younger then six
February 12, 2024
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January 27, 2024
I feel like I'm totally lost without having recently read the prior book, but I can piece together that Moon was the one who can read minds (from the fact that she does in this volume), and that we've moved on from the five dragonets in the "original" prophecy. What is going on now, I'm less sure about. It's why I would love to hang onto a whole series until it ends, then I can read the whole thing in one binge and really get what happened. (Unfortunately, shelf space has something to say about that...)
The story is otherwise engaging, after the initial (re-)learning curve, and has one of the more interesting twists I've seen in a story, one I've only seen use before. It's still a bit difficult for me to tell the same race dragons apart, though, which I realise is a tall order, but usually context gives a hint, even if it takes me a few re-reads of a page to understand. (I also didn't get the "Banana" joke until re-reading a few times.)
Recommended for fans of the series, even if there really aren't as many "wings of fire" in this volume, haha.
The story is otherwise engaging, after the initial (re-)learning curve, and has one of the more interesting twists I've seen in a story, one I've only seen use before. It's still a bit difficult for me to tell the same race dragons apart, though, which I realise is a tall order, but usually context gives a hint, even if it takes me a few re-reads of a page to understand. (I also didn't get the "Banana" joke until re-reading a few times.)
Recommended for fans of the series, even if there really aren't as many "wings of fire" in this volume, haha.
January 30, 2024
Winter is one of my favorite characters, so I like this book. HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD(not kidding,): But it was half-torture reading this because I hated Moon starting from a few moments after I read all the books and Winter loves Moon. I won't dive into it, but in book 10, Tui deleted Winter's character development just to have an EXCUSE for Moon choosing Qibli over him. And like. . .WHAT WAS THAT MOON, YOU LITTLE SOCIOPATH?? She just leaves Winter there, dead-grass ghosting him for a MONTH or less, only coming back to him when she needs help for giving the Pantalan dragons a home to stay in for a while. She abandoned him, expecting him to pick himself up and get over the entire heartbreak thing.
P.S.: I hated how Qibli acted like a complete show-off, saying "Oh I'm so smart, everybody loves me." It may be his sort of humor, but I HATE IT EITHER WAY. Not funny, just offensive >:(. And like every school says, it's not a joke if it's not funny!!!!!!1!!1!!!1!!!!! Maybe I'm sensitive and take everything 'too seriously'/personally, but at least that's better than a NARCISSIST (*significant glance towards Qibli bc he just makes jokes about how he's so smart and everyone loves him even though some ppl like me hate him so bad but ngl Jade Mountain Archive loves him bad I even think he'd lick Qibli's talons if Qibli went into real life*)
P.S.: I hated how Qibli acted like a complete show-off, saying "Oh I'm so smart, everybody loves me." It may be his sort of humor, but I HATE IT EITHER WAY. Not funny, just offensive >:(. And like every school says, it's not a joke if it's not funny!!!!!!1!!1!!!1!!!!! Maybe I'm sensitive and take everything 'too seriously'/personally, but at least that's better than a NARCISSIST (*significant glance towards Qibli bc he just makes jokes about how he's so smart and everyone loves him even though some ppl like me hate him so bad but ngl Jade Mountain Archive loves him bad I even think he'd lick Qibli's talons if Qibli went into real life*)
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